[GA, USA]Transgender East Cobb teen re-elected to homecoming court
When Eris Lovell was elected by her peers to Walton High School’s homecoming court last year, it made headlines seeing as she appeared to be the first transgender person in Georgia to do so. This year, she proved it wasn’t a fluke, as her fellow seniors have elected her for a second time.

[MD, USA]Slain trans woman, suspect were ‘romantic’: prosecutor
Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said detectives investigating the Oct. 15 shooting death of 21-year-old transgender woman Zella Ziona in an alley behind a Gaithersburg area shopping center believe she may have been in a romantic relationship with the man charged with killing her.

[TX, USA]It's Already Been a Terrible Week for Transgender Texans
Transgender Texans are bearing the brunt of pressure from agencies across the state that seem dead set on preserving whatever amount of legal discrimination they can. Over the course of week that's just over two days old, transgender teens have found out that they'll like face some of the strictest restrictions in the country to their participation in school sports, and transgender people of all ages have discovered Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, doesn't acknowledge their full existence.